If this is your first time using Rayo, it is downloaded first (this may take a while) and installed into your Eclipse instance afterwards. In that case you must accept the license after pressing OK [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Image:Scout.rayo.license.accep.png].

If this is your first time using Rayo, it is downloaded first (this may take a while) and installed into your Eclipse instance afterwards. In that case you must accept the license after pressing OK [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Image:Scout.rayo.license.accep.png].

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When the download has been completed, confirm the 'Security Warning' [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Image:Scout.rayo.unsigned.warning.png] dialog with OK to install the Rayo feature.

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When the download has been completed, confirm the 'Security Warning' [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Image:Scout.rayo.unsigned.warning.png] dialog with OK to install the Rayo feature. Restart Eclipse to complete the installation.

Introduction

Rayo is a modern Look and Feel that is based on Synth Look and Feel. In Synth all painting is delegated to components without requiring any code to be written.
Rayo is a skinnable Look and Feel that can be configured in an XML property file.

In this tutorial a simple Scout application will be customized with the Rayo Look and Feel. Depending on the configured Look and Feel property in the config.ini file, the application is started with Rayo or with the default Swing Look and Feel (Nimbus or Windows).

Preparation

Installation of Rayo using Scout SDK

Switch to the Scout Explorer view and mark the previous created "Hello World" application. In the Scout Object Properties view check the box "Rayo Swing Look and Feel for Eclipse Scout" under Technologies.

Install Rayo Look and Feel using Scout SDK

A new dialog will pop up, showing the the changes that will be applied to the "Hello World" project in order to provide the Rayo Look and Feel. These changes will be explained in the section Manual installation of Rayo

Changes applied to the Scout project

Click on OK.

If this is your first time using Rayo, it is downloaded first (this may take a while) and installed into your Eclipse instance afterwards. In that case you must accept the license after pressing OK [1].

When the download has been completed, confirm the 'Security Warning' [2] dialog with OK to install the Rayo feature. Restart Eclipse to complete the installation.

Manual installation of Rayo

Instead of using the Scout SDK to download and install Rayo Look and Feel (section above), Rayo can also be downloaded at the Eclipse Marketplace as an alternative. In this section the necessary steps are explained for setting up a Scout application with Rayo. All these single steps are done automatically when using Scout SDK (section above).

Download Rayo

To download Rayo use the dialog "Eclipse Marketplace" in Eclipse under "Help -> Eclipse Marketplace..." and search for "Rayo" or alternatively click on "Help -> Install New Software" and add the URL http://tools.bsiag.com/marketplace/rayo as shown in the pictures.

Rayo URL via Update Site

Installation of Rayo via Update Site

Check at least the feature "Rayo Look and Feel Feature for Eclipse Scout" and proceed the installation by clicking on the Next button.

Add Rayo Plugins to the Swing Product

Switch to Scout SDK. Select your Scout project in the Scout Explorer. In the Scout Object Properties view under Product launchers open your Swing client product by clicking on the link. Add the plugin com.bsiag.scout.rt.ui.swing.rayo and the fragment com.bsiag.scout.rt.ui.swing.laf.rayo.fragment as shown in the picture. You may need to do the same change for other products as well.

Add Rayo Plugin and Fragment to Swing client Product

Add Rayo Plugin to the Swing Manifest

Open the plugin.xml in the ui.swing plugin and add "com.bsiag.scout.rt.ui.swing.rayo" under required plugins in the Dependencies tab.

Add Rayo to required plugins

Change SwingEnvironment

Open the class SwingEnvironment and inherit from com.bsiag.scout.rt.ui.swing.rayo.RayoSwingEnvironment by adding the following line: